Improvement in boots



P. WES T.

Boots.

Patented Jan. 30, 1872.

PRESBURY WEST, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOTS.

Speciiication forming part of Ivietters Patent No. 123,316, dated January 30, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, PRESBURY WEST, of the city and county ot' Worcester and Common wealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boots; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, ret'- erence being had to the accompanying drawing which forms a part ot' this speciiication, and in which- Figure l represents a side View of a boot embracing my improvement. Fig. 2 represents a transverse section ot' the siding-seam.

M y invention rela-tes to certa-in improvements in high-legged boots as an improved article ot'manut'acture, as hereinafter described.

In the drawing', the parts marked A represent the front, and B indica-tes the back ofthe boot-upper, which two parts are joined to each other by siding-seams C, closed upon the outside ofthe upper throughout the full length of the leg. These seams are covered by a brace, D, which extends from top to bottom ot' the leg upon the outside ot' the boot, and is stitched onto the parts A and B with seams a at each ot' its edges in the manner shown. VThe siding-seams can be closed with a welt, when desired, or the welt may be omitted, as in the present instance, and all ot' the seam can be quickly and conveniently stitched upon a sewing-machine, and when finished the sidin gs are stronger than the ordinary sidings, even when the latter are stitched by hand.

By jforming the siding in the manner herein described I am enabled to construct the boots without turning the legs after the seams C are closed, as is required with the ordinary method of manufacture. This operation of turning` the leg often destroys the crimp ot' the boot by stretching the parts out of shape, and it is also liable to break out the stock along the line of the seams, especially' upon stit't' orheavy work, or to break or weaken the stitches, thus causing the seams to rip out with but very little wear, even if they are not destroyed during the immediate operation. This is a source of vexation, trouble, and expense, which is by my improvement entirely obviated. By closing the seams C upon the outside the interior ofthe boot is left smooth and even, with no projecting ridges to gall the ankle and irritate the wearer, while the bead upon the outside protects the seam from wear, adds strength to the sidings, and forms a neat and desirable linish to the boot.

Having described my improved boot, what I claim therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent as an improved article of manufacture, is-

A high-legged boot, the front and back parts of which are cut in the usual manner, having the side seams C closed upon the outside, and extending from the boot-sole (wit-h or without welts) to the top of the boot-leg, and covered throughout their entire lengths with outside braces D, in the manner as and for the purposes shown and described.

PRESBURY WEST.

Witnesses:

THos. H. DODGE, Unas. H. BURLEIGH. 

